MICROPLASTIC MADNESS - free virtual screening for families with Q+A
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Please join us for a free virtual screening, followed by a Q+A w/ ____
About this event
For World Oceans Day, Cafeteria Culture is excited to host a free screening of our award winning movie, MICROPLASTIC MADNESS (76 minutes). Be inspired by Brooklyn youth to take plastic free action!
Watch the trailer (below) and learn about the movie impact campaign here: www.microplasticmadness.org
The movie has been officially selected into 19 film festivals, won 4 awards, and screened in 31 cities across the US and 6 cities abroad
This virtual (simultaneous) screening will be followed by a Q+A with ecotoxicologist, Dr. Chelsea Rochman, PhD, who is featured in the movie, and the movie's Co-directors, Atsuko Quirk and Debby Lee Cohen.
A link to the movie screening event will be emailed to those who have registered prior to the event.
ABOUT:
MICROPLASTIC MADNESS is the story of 56 fifth graders from Red Hook, Brooklyn (NYC) – living on the frontline of the climate crisis – whose actions on plastic pollution morph into extraordinary leadership and scalable victories.
With stop-motion animation, heartfelt kid commentary, and interviews of experts and renowned scientists who are engaged in the most cutting edge research on the harmful effects of microplastics, this alarming, yet charming narrative, conveys an urgent message in user-friendly terms.
These eleven-year-olds dive deep into the root causes of plastic pollution. Taking on the roles of citizen scientists and community advocates, they collect local data, lead community outreach, and use their own local data to inform policy by testifying and rallying at City Hall. Then they turned their focus back to school, taking action in their cafeteria to eliminate all single-use plastic! Created to inspire kids, teachers and policy makers alike, this is the spark needed to grow a youth-led Plastic Free Future movement in schools across NYC and beyond!
Thank you for joining us!
Cafeteria Culture, the producer of the movie, is an environmental education organization based in New York City, that works creatively with youth to achieve zero waste, climate smart school communities and a plastic free biosphere. Students in our programs, primarily from lower income communities of color, provide an urgently needed voice to the environmental movement by taking on leadership and advocacy roles and bridging the connection between zero waste and the climate crisis.
Learn more at www.cafeteriaculture.org.
Please donate for more innovative zero waste, climate education. Your generous donation allows for us to continue to share our movie for free with underserved schools and communities across the globe.